Improvement in spring closing-caps for oil-cups and inkstands



dn'ted gime *I @aient @mitm Letters Patent N 104,032, dated June 7, 1870;

IMPRO'V'EMENT IN SPRING CLOSING-CAPS FOR OIL-CUPS AND INKSTANDS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ox' the same.

HOH-v- To all '107mm it may concern 5e it known that 1, HARRISON H. Hns'ltnrr, of

Le Roy, couiity oi'MeLeau and State of Iliinois, litve invented anew and useful device for a covering for jewelers oil-oups and for inkstands, which I designate Aas a Self-closing Oil-cup and Iukstand-OQV- er;7 and I do hereby declare that the following is a i'uil and exact description description thereof, reference heilig had to the annexed or accompanying drawing, and tothe letters of reference marked thereou making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan or top view,and

Figure 2 a transverse section.

illy device is constructed byplaeing a plate, A, ou a suitable-base or stand, on the under side of which is attached aspring,b, of any desired length, and havingthe detached end thereof bent in such shape as t0 pass up and over or through the said plate for receiving the cap C, which is designed to cover and shield the cup or mouth of bottle, as showniu the accompanying drawing.

The cap C is operated by means of a wedge or iuciined plane, d, arranged to more the spring b, to which the cap is attached, and is thrown ofi' of the cup or openingr in the stand by forcing the wedge d, down against the spring with the hand, simultaneously with, and in the act of inserting the instrument used in oiling watches, when applied to au oil-cup, or the peu into the ink when applied to an inlistand.

The upper end of the wedge'fl` is made to pass up through an aperture iu a cylinder, which incluses the wedge, for the purpose oi" enabling the operator toplaee his hand ou it to force it down, the upper end having a button adj ustedto it, to facilitate said operation.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters latent, is

'lhe combination oi' the spring b, cap C, and the wedge d, all constructed and operating substantially as and for the purposes described.

H. H. H'ESKIITI. Witnesses:

W. H. Seamus, M. EfFnnmsoN. 

